Rolex — Day-Date
Day-Date 36
“Day-Date (fluted)”
Produced 1960–1977. Archetypal four-digit Day-Date 36 with acrylic crystal, pie-pan dial and slow-set day/date operation. It is the vintage President reference most collectors use as the line's baseline.
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Reference1803
BrandRolex
FamilyDay-Date
Produced1960–1977
StatusDiscontinued
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Rolex — 12 min readRolex Day-Date: The Calendar Watch That Became the PresidentA connected history of the Day-Date, from the 1956 full-day calendar breakthrough and President bracelet to the four-digit 1803, quickset and sapphire eras, Oysterquartz, Masterpiece, Day-Date II, and the current 36 and 40 mm calibre 3255 collection.
Rolex nicknames — 9 min readPepsi, Batman and the Names Rolex Will Never PrintRolex says bleu/rouge; everyone else says Pepsi. A field guide to the soda cans, superheroes and Muppets collectors have named their watches after, and to the handful of names the purists still won't say out loud.
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